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LECTURES
2025 - 2026 Season

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Thursday, October 23, 2025

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On Creating a Byzantine Art Gallery for the 21st Century Louvre (Dumbarton Oaks Lecture, hosted by Georgetown University Greek Studies Program)

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 Maximilien Durand, Project Director, Musée du Louvre Department of Byzantine and Eastern Christian Art

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Lohrfink Auditorium, Georgetown University.

 

In Person Only 

Thursday, November 13, 2025

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Petra’s Forgotten Past: Uncovering the Iron Age Foundations of Nabataean Society (National AIA Joukowsky Lecture)​

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Dr. Jennifer Ramsay, SUNY Brockport ​

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​​​7:00 pm EST (Reception at 6:30 pm)

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Hybrid

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University of Maryland, College Park
Francis Scott Key Hall, Rm. 0106

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Online via Zoom

Registration Forthcoming

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

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Beauty, Power, and Presence: The Neo-Assyrian Queens of Nimrud's Northwest Palace, c. 865-705 BCE (Annual Louise D. Davison Memorial Lecture)

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Dr. Amy Rebecca Gansell, St. John's University​

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7:00 pm EST (Reception at 6:15 pm EST; Annual Business Meeting at 06:45 PM)

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George Washington University (Room TBA)

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​Online via Zoom

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April 2026

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Greek Caves: On Archaeology, Myths, Religions, and Cultural Heritage Preservation (Richard Hubbard Howland Lecture of the Washington Society)​

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​Dr. Stella Katsarou, Ephorate of Palaeoanthropology-Speleology, Greek Ministry of Culture ​

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7:00 pm EST (Reception at 6:30pm EST)

 

Hybrid

 

To be Announced

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Online via Zoom

Registration Forthcoming

For previous lecture seasons, click here.

All lectures are free and open to the public

DID YOU KNOW?

The Archaeological Institute of America has been offering over 120+ years of free public lectures.

 

Our Washington D.C. chapter of the AIA frequently offers six or more lectures a year! While some of these are sponsored by the National AIA, many are organized by the local AIA-DC governance board.

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Remember: the lectures are always free and open to the public!

CONTACT

For more information about the Archaeological Institute of America Washington D.C. Society or any of our local events, please e-mail:

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aiadcsec@gmail.com

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